Kinji Fukasaku
July 3, 1930 (94 years old) in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan
Kinji Fukasaku (July 3, 1930 – January 12, 2003) was a Japanese film actor, screenwriter, and best known as a celebrated and innovative filmmaker. He was born in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, and died in Tokyo, from prostate cancer. He is best known in the west for directing the Japanese portion of the Hollywood film Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and Battle Royale (2000).
Known For
Credits
- 2013 ·Miwa: A Japanese Iconas Himself (archive footage)
- 2009 ·Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuzaas Himself
- 2006 ·What's a Director?as
- 2004 ·Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!as Self
- 2003 ·Making of Clock Tower 3 ~How Kinji Fukasaku Changed the Game~as Himself
- 2003 ·The Final Battleground — Making of Battle Royale IIas Self
- 2003 ·Making of Battle Royale II: Requiemas Self
- 2001 ·Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALEas Self
- 2000 ·Making of 'Battle Royale'as Self
- 1995 ·The Mystery of Rampoas
- 1977 ·Proof of the Manas Shibue, Assistant Lieutenant